There's basically no science -- in the broad sense of hypothesis testing -- around cast iron at all. It's all tribal knowledge. "I do it this way because that's

There's basically no science -- in the broad sense of hypothesis testing -- around cast iron at all. It's all tribal knowledge. "I do it this way because that's how my grandma did it and it works for me." That's fine enough, but it makes for a frustrating experience as a newcomer with no way to evaluate the credibility of different sources; it's just everyone's word against everyone else. This is especially confusing given how long cast iron has been around; you'd think that someone would have taken an interest in cataloguing what actually works, by now. So while this post may not be good science, or very much of it, I still appreciate that it exists.